A SHODDY WORK

My bathroom water pipe was leaking the night before and since it was already late, I just left it like that. It was about 5.30 am after my shower that I decided to fix it by tightening the screw. As I was doing the tightening, it broke at the connection which forced me to switch off the main pipe stopper. Since I don’t want to be late for work, I inform my nephew to ask his father’s help to look for a plumber.

It was before lunch time, I was informed that a plumber was repairing the broken pipe and I went home to see what need to be done. I informed the plumber of what to be replaced and discussed about his labour and materials costs. I gave him RM100 as for materials and labour service which I think was reasonable at that time.

I was home in the evening and checked the work done but was disappointed that it was a shoddy work where a pipe stopper was not installed and the piping was not properly laid. I regretted to pay him that much.

Later my nephew asks me whether I was satisfied with the work done.

Butizaon: Emergency like this we cannot complain much.


Moral of the story : Be satisfied of what you get during emergency situation.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL LADY

When a particular pastor of which I really concentrate when he gave his sermon last Saturday always amazes me with his blunt views whether about our religious obligation or about any general topic. He would start his sermon by concentrating on the readings of the gospel accentuated with humorous phrases as well as hard hitting words to those people who seldom pray.

Pastor :

I am not an Angel you know, I looked at beautiful girls too. I know most of you especially married guys like to see beautiful ladies but I will remove my spectacle so that my vision is blurring.

WOMAN : WHY TELL THE WHOLE WORLD YOU’RE HAVING FACIAL TREATMENT

Last Saturday I was in a salon with my barber for my hair cut. I was with other beauty salon for many years but decided to change with my present salon due to its fast service. I was having a good time reading a newspaper and at the same time having my hair cut when a middle-aged woman enter the salon and announced loudly to the whole world why she was there.

Woman : I need facial treatment because I am attending a wedding function later in the day.

Hair stylist : Ooh (she was attending with another customer).

The woman repeat it again when another hair stylist asked her what facial treatment she need.

I read a passage that I want to share with you all why such behaviour of needing attention in what the woman did.

‘The emotionally immature person, however, has low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence and consequently feels insecure; to counter these feelings of insecurity they will spend a large proportion of their lives creating situations in which they become the centre of attention. It may be that the need for attention is inversely proportional to emotional maturity, therefore anyone indulging in attention-seeking behaviours is telling you how emotionally immature they are.’

Later, I saw the woman having her eye-brow plucked.

HOOKED - KOREAN DRAMA

It was few years back that I watched a Korean Drama titled Winter Sonata through our local TV station and the last one was on VCD, Full House.

Every time I called my sister in-law, she always talk about Korean Drama on the cable channel which I was unaware of. Later I looked for Korean dramas on the net when I was online and took note of the most popular dramas reviews for my visit to the video shop.

A very good and convincing salesgirl was able to convinced me to buy a couple of good Korean drama and damn I was hooked with the first film which was the ‘Goong’ followed by several drama which proved to be ‘addictive’ so to speak. Previously when I watched a film, I felt sleepy but this Korean drama proved otherwise. Imagine me still watching it almost 3.00 o’clock in the morning.

Since I came back to work after my long leave, I was able to cut down the hours of watching the drama and eventually shall stop for the time being until my next annual leave. I don’t mind to look for the film if any readers here recommend me some of the interesting Korean drama or share their views or reviews of the drama that they had watched.

Still prefer Korean drama to Japanese drama ....

HELLO 2011

Almost a year ago I was actively posting my articles in this blog but stopped in February 2010 without any valid reason. I blame it on the many networking available which is the choice of everybody now. Many of the active bloggers seem to be ‘gulung tikar’ (stopped blogging).

I was browsing through when I decided to look at all my posting before and decided to continue posting again though not as active before but we’ll see as time goes by.

My first posting should be about my activities during my year end leave (December 2010).

Even though I was inactive for a couple of months but it amazed me that I still manage to get visit from net surfers and it feel good. So guys welcome back ...

MANGGA (MANGO) SIA BERBUAH SUDAH

After hanging a pair of shoe (still hanging on the Mango tree) to my Mango tree (Honey Mango type) for more than 6 months, at last I could see it is flowering and hopefully the weather will not spoil its growth and matured to a very sweet fruits.

I had written about a tip recommended by a friend which titled “WHY HANG SHOES ON YOUR MANGO TREE” on the 26 June 2009 that was last year. Look for it to read why hang shoes on your Mango tree.

Niece Esther (USA) had commented that my Mango need fertilizer and will only bear me fruits this year. True to what she recommended but I didn’t put fertilizer around the tree although she predicted it bore fruit this year. I still think hanging of the shoes was the cause (sigh … LOL). So people out there who are frustrated with their fruit trees not bearing them fruits, I recommend you to follow this tip.

I will update readers of this blog in about a month time how my Mango fruits are getting on. Visit this blog from time to time.

I AM BACK

Hello again

It has been almost two months since my last posting due to unavoidable circumstances like added works since another colleague was transferred to another unit within our department. I was almost most of my working hours in front of the computer but not able to update my blog. When I was on my off days or weekend, I like to browse the internet but never ever want to write the last month or so. Is it because of being lazy or the trill of writing and knowing that your articles being read by visitors of your blog no longer make you happy?

Today, I Checked my sitemeter and there were quite a number of visitors to my blog the past months so I decided to write something here for their sake and try to update whenever possible. I will be back for some interesting articles so be back again to visit.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE ANGRY?

I read through a forum about asking forumers to give their input regarding the subject above and it was humorous to read about what they wrote. I share with my readers their input, which was more of a humor rather than their actual view of the subject. You may add to the list about yourself.

1. Lie down; cover face with pillow and cry.
2. Hit your face on the PC keyboard until it bleeds.
3. Drink fruit juice.
4. Go for car racing.
5. Fight with the person and throw anything if he's not around.
6. Punch the nose of the person that makes you angry.
7. Remain silent and forget about it.
8. Take a bible and hold it tightly.
9. Pull hairs from armpit.
10. Take a deep breath, inhale and think of school problem.
11. Drink a lot of water.
12. Drink three bottles of stout.
13. Go to Church and pray although no mass in progress.
14. Imitate the face of a cat when mating.

PRIMARY STUDENT COMPOSITION

* For Malay speaking visitors only.

I received few emails about this composition by a primary student and it really make my day as I laugh my gut out as it was very funny indeed.

*Click image to zoom

It is apparent the student converse in his mother tongue and not in Bahasa Malaysia due to his mixture of some local dialect and the name use to call his brother.


Enjoy the composition and reflect how hard was it to composed a story when you were just starting to learn how to make a sentences. It was hard then when I think of it now.

UNIQUE KADAZAN ENGAGEMENT CULTURE

I witness an engagement of one of my brother’s son yesterday at a nearby village but lost my way as we were the last to depart from my brother’s house. I was driving with three passengers one of which was my talkative elder sister which I was really mad about her ever non-stop complain. We reached far off the intended house and after a call to my brother’s son did we drove back with my sister still complaining non-stop. She only stopped when I raised my voice to stop her. The house was just by the main road but atop a hill which was unseen from view from the road. We were the last to reach the bride-to be residence.

It was really a hot Saturday afternoon amidst the smooth flow of the discussion of the engagement of which was already discussed earlier by the family. It was the process of signing the documents by the intending couple, witnesses and the confirmation signatory of the village chief and followed by lunch and drinks.

Of all the many engagement that I witnessed, I was unaware of the traditional culture of my people (Kadazan) that the number of representatives assign for the discussion is between five to seven persons (odd number). It was indeed a culture shock to me as the number of people from our side was far exceeded to thirty people. Actually it is not practiced anymore as even now the number of people coming for the engagement is only for the merry making and having great food catered by the host.

There was one engagement postponed to a later date after the intending groom forgets to bring the engagement rings. The bride’s to be family rejected the engagement proposal after the slipped-up. They proposed for another date for the engagement. The prepared food was not wasted as it was taken without the engagement discussion being held. So any intending person (Kadazan) for his engagement must be wise enough not to forget the engagement ring or you will find yourself rejected to marry your girlfriend.

LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MISTAKES

One way to improve our English is through advertising where readers will post it and in no time it will be seen by many people and maybe us the author. There are few examples here courtesy of Engrish.com.

What about a dish cooked from the ass of an animal? I would like to know how it tasted.

That's how we expressed ourself when we are angered by the presence of 'Along' aka (illegal creditors) here in our country Malaysia.

This cream should be given free especially to rapist where in the event of being overly aroused they should apply cream.

Guess this one is for Egyptian only!

EMERGENCY – RED ALERT

Remember at any time you really need the toilet but you cannot find one and in desperation any place that can hide you from view will do. I remember at one time when I was at that situation where I desperately needed a toilet after managing to hold it. I dashed to a toilet, which was much better than the one in the picture (at least it was covered and nobody can see you) but as soon as I tried to remove my trouser, it came out like a tsunami. I tried to hold it but somehow some landed on my trouser. Luckily it was already dark and home was just a mere distant away.

Apa Kau rasa .... Oren!!!

When you are in desperation about what was experienced by the lady, you will not in any way care about anything at that time. I would like to share with you about a friend when I was attending a course in Kuching few years back. We were in a bus going back to our hostel when a friend abruptly stop a bus and descended from it and ran to the nearest shop. We were all concerned about him due to the fact that we were all new to Kuching then but since the bus moved on then we just prayed that he would be back before dark.

It was then later that he told us about him needing a toilet but the worst thing that happened to him was that there was no toilet paper or water to cleaned himself. What he did was to take a one ringgit bill and used it just to remove whatever a one ringgit bill could clean. He had thought of using his underwear but thinking of the newly bought branded underwear, he instead used a ringgit bill. He later informed us that he washed the bill and used it for his bus fare.

Next time when you are traveling and you feel like your stomach giving you trouble, make sure you visit your pharmacy or doctor for medical check-up or some medicine to bring. It is better to be well prepared rather than to embarrass you in public.

TROPICAL FRUITS INSIDE COPPER BOX

Last Sunday I went to the Bazaar market at Donggongon town and I tell you how lucky we are living in this part of the world where fruit season is a yearly affair. There were a lot of seasonal fruit on sale. As I was mingling with the crowd, I saw a friend eating wild durian so early in the morning and I stopped to ask about the price and since I’ve not eaten the fruit for a long time and bought five small durian for RM18.

There were a lot of selection to choose from whether Langsat, durian, Bambangan, tarap and many other tropical fruits. I bought one tarap fruit for RM3.00 each as I haven’t eaten it for a long time. When I was a kid I used to like this fruit but lately I dislike it because of its strong aroma. I remembered during the time when there were so many fruit trees at my parent orchard and after collecting unripe matured fruits, my grandmother would put it inside a big box made from copper. It was so heavy for us children to lift the lid at that time and sometimes it would need at least few children to lift it up. There was a time when we lifted down the lid when one of my cousins was inside the box and trapped him inside. He would scream out to be released and when our grandmother heard about what we had done, she would hit us with a rattan stick for our punishment. The fruit ripen faster when put inside the box and the smell that escapes from the box was so aromatic with different kind of tropical fruit inside the box.

Do you know that most part of Sarawak and entirely the whole of West Malaysian do not know about the Tarap fruit or scientifically called Artocarpus Odoratissimus? I was driving with three West Malaysian to Keningau last time when they saw the fruits hanging at a stall along the highway to Keningau and asked what fruit was it. I stopped at the next stall and had them tasted it and they like it very much. The best way to eat tarap fruit is by using your hand and it would be advisable you keep a bottle of water in the vehicle to wash your hand later. A popular TV program presenter amused me when he cut a durian with a knife and using fork to eat the fruit as the best and way is by using bare fingers.

There was another Sarawakian who really likes the tarap and since he has a big area to plant fruit trees, he took some seed and planted it in his hometown in Sarawak. He had been waiting for few years for the tarap to bore him fruit but to no avail. In frustration he cut down the tarap tree. As the tarap tree was planted from seed it would a long time to bore fruit.

So people go out and enjoy various types of fruits during the tropical fruit season and to those tourists, who are adventures in the local fruits, drop your forks for a while and use your bare hand instead.

LEARNING THE TRADE OF FILM MAKING

Accidentally I come across this video where a group of teenagers were asking two girls to fight (acting) and filming the act as they were producing a film. A voice could be heard where a boy asking the girls to start the fight as he has a football game to attend to later. There were quite a number of spectators watching the fight and very amusing listening to the voices where a good discount would be given to the spectators for the ticket.

Actually they were having a good time and nobody got injured but should it be left to the professionals to make a movie of this type. The teenagers should first learn the trade of movie making before they attempted to produce their film.

WASTED GOOD FOOD – PLASTIC BAG FOR ‘TA PAO’

I keep reminding friends and me during a meal when a heap of leftover would feed few poor children for a day. Some of us tend to order more than we could eat and that is where the waste of food and money arises.

Occasionally, we get invited or hosted a party at any posh restaurant or hotel and that’s where good food is served (depending on the Menu the host selected). A big smile on our face showed when seeing a long list of menu on the card and knowing most of our favourite food listed.

It started with the cold dish and in no time the plate is empty, even the decoration of leaves and flowers was snapped up. Then came the prawn’s butter, steamed codfish, Yam ring (yam baskets), spring chicken and vegetables as well as dessert. In no time after the fourth dish the focus on food slacken especially the vegetables and the fried rice.

Usually, the fried rice was barely touched and what about the other dishes half-finished and if we added about fifteen tables with many half-finished dish, surely could easily feed twenty people more. It is also a hotel’s policy that no take away are allowed and what a waste if really they throw away the leftover.

One old lady who prepared herself to ‘take away’ by bringing plastic bag, which was concealed inside her handbag, amused me. It was a wedding of my cousin’s daughter and I presume the old lady after attending functions at hotels or restaurant before was disappointed that there was so many leftover. We didn’t know the policy of the hotel was but we just tell the waiter to disregard what the old lady was doing with the food and some of the lady help with old lady stuffing the food inside the plastic bag.

I salute the bravely of the old lady for such untactful attitude but it would be advisable only with the attendance of people known to you at the table. In a private function among the family, leftover were taken away but not otherwise. In my case, I would not ‘ta pao’ but instead leave it with my siblings or cousin to do it.

I have been to many wedding, birthday and other celebrations and the habit of food wasting has not change. Like for instance my race Kadazan , they would prepare food double the invitations they send plus the not-counted families. They will not mind the leftover as long as there is no empty stomach that attended the function. The leftover can be taken back to the house for all you can eat at the house if the function was celebrated at the community hall.

We should change our wasteful custom and think of others especially hungry children in Africa and Asia. We are overfeeding our self.

TOO LONG DOES NOT GURANTEED OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE

A Taiwanese woman, who reportedly asked for divorce from her husband because his penis was too long, has been refused after a request to measure the man’s manhood was denied.

The woman, in her second attempt to divorce her husband, said that she had to bear with the pain whenever she had sex with him.

When the matter was brought up in the court recently, the judge called in a doctor to determine the length of the man’s penis.

The request was, however, denied as the length of a man’s intimate part was “very subjective”, and the judge rejected the woman’s petition and ordered her to return to her husband.

The woman said that they were married in 1995, and she applied for a divorce 10 years later, but the application was rejected the first time, though the reason for it was not very clear.

“I have never measured it before,” the Star Online quoted the man as saying about the complaints his wife made regarding the length of his penis.

HUGGING

Once a friend related about how he felt awkward when the first time he was hugged when he studied in a foreign country. It was a normal practice for his local friends as it was their tradition. Throughout his life there was no hugging within his family, as it was not taught to them although they are very close to each other and the affection was just merely of words or body language.

Lately I have seen people especially the women hugging each other to show their appreciation for someone who did well in achieving something special. I also observed the women would hug the newly wed couple to show their gratitude and witnessing the couple wedding vow.

The first time I experienced hugging was the time of passing of a relative and when the children of the deceased need comfort to ease their pain of losing their loving parent. Physical and emotional contact to them make a difference in a person’s frame of mind, and may help them to face the reality of the passing of their dear parent. A hug can also cheer them up, relieve pain, depression and knowing that we are with them during their bereavement. They also maintain their better outlook of the situation and positive attitude that the reality of life will somehow will come to us one day.

A hug is an amazing thing
It’s just the perfect way
To show the love we’re feeling
But can’t find the words to say.

It’s funny how little hug
Makes everyone feel good
In every place and language
It’s always understood.

WHAT HAPPEN TO THE SINGLE MANGO

I posted two articles regarding MANGO and if you have not read it, maybe you should read it. I had written about my Mango tree bearing only two fruits and the other one about how a single mother make a juice out of a single Mango so that his children could taste the Mango fruit.

Last Saturday I attended a sunset mass and during the priest sermon he related a story that I would like to share with you. There was a single Mango that bear only one single fruit and there were three siblings that would have shared it between them. The eldest is a boy, a girl and the youngest is a boy. They discussed among them and concluded that anyone that has a sweetest dream could have the Mango. They keep the fruit and early in the morning every one of them should relate their sweetest dream and whoever has a sweetest dream would have to get the fruit.

In the morning one by one related their stories confidently;

Elder boy: I have a sweetest dream where I met Jesus.

Girl: Mine is the sweetest because I met Mother Mary and she kissed me.

The elder boy and the girl were confident as they waited for their younger brother to tell them of his sweetest dream. The younger boy was silent and his head was bow down all this while when his sibling were telling their stories.

Younger boy: I have this scary dream where I met an old man who asks me to eat the Mango!

SELAMAT HARIRAYA

Selamat HariRaya to all friends and visitors to my humble blog.

DURIAN – ANTIDOTE FOR INFERTILITY

Yesterday I went for a line-dancing lesson at my brother’s house just for exercising after laying down active sport for a couple of years. It’s not about being skillfully about dancing but just for fun and to sweat out the toxin inside my body. I was lazy to go but was insisted to come as few of line-dancers ‘professional’ will be there to help out and it’s absolutely free. We are charged RM 5.00 per training session with our instructor every Sunday.


When we reached my brother’s house with my cousin, they were looking for a durian fruit at the far side where we park and noticing one of them holding a ripe durian. I came out of the car and started looking for the fruit and we found two and secretly put inside the boot of the car. I am not who enjoy eating a lot of Durian but consuming one or two is okay. I gave one of the durian to my cousin. My brother has few durian trees and every time during durian fruit season he will sell the extra fruits to close friends and colleagues. Most of the time I decline when he gave me some.

I regretted of putting the durian inside my car boot as the smell of it was so powerful even with my lemon refresher scent was over-powered by the smell. I tried to put pandan leaves but to no avail. I will have to endure the smell for a couple of days more I think. Does anyone know the solution to get rid of the smell?

It was reported that in South India, women are queuing to taste it, believing it helps women to conceive. It is becoming famous among childless couples although it has not been scientifically proven to help improve fertility. Prices of durians have also skyrocketed in recent months, jumping from RM22 per Kg to RM74 per Kg and demand is soaring despite the high prices.

It would be very profitable if we could export our abundance Malaysian durian to India, which has a very high population and what with price of up to RM74 per Kg. Would it be advisable for our Malaysian women to eat more durian especially to the childless women so that our target of seventy million by the year 2020 could be fulfilled.

People believe in a lot of things, it’s pseudo-science, some scientific explanation to make others believe but we have brain to think also. Points to ponder.